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The Dragon Says: Local Bus Services Cannot be Left to Market Forces
The Dragon’s stories on the “bus war” on some routes in the west of the town have attracted a lot of comment. Some thought county and borough councils should sort…
Effingham Eye: Two Certainties, Housing Developments and Taxes
In this month’s Effingham Eye, Chris Dick gives his personal report on: the October council meeting, updates on Commoners’ Day, local charity appeals, more plans for housing and some local invertebrates. A family…
Surrey County Council Cuts Are Unacceptable and Unworkable
By Brian Creese Vice-chair of Guildford Labour Party Earlier this month, Surrey County Council (SCC) launched a series of consultations under the guise of “Transforming Services”, a thinly veiled way…
Opinion: Why Do We Need Surrey County Council?
This is the start of the “second round” in a series of opinion pieces from all the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC)…
The Dragon Says: When Governments Don’t Work We All Lose Out
The culture of secrecy at Guildford Borough Council has finally been admitted by the Liberal Democrats. That’s good, but a lot more action will be required by them for we…
Opinion: Guildford’s Planning Committee is Not Democratically Accountable
By Nils Christiansen Conservative borough councillor for Holy Trinity Ward (and member of the GBC’s Planning Committee) Until May 2017, each of the 23 wards in Guildford Borough had an…
The Dragon Says: One Hundred Years Ago Today The Guns Fell Silent
One hundred years ago today the guns fell silent on the Western Front. Around 700,000 men from Britain had been killed of the 17 million total and more maimed. Here…
Opinion: Working for a Stronger, Greener Guildford
This is the fifth in a series of opinion pieces from all the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC) in the period between…
GBC Keeps a Closed Mind to Open Government
Guildford Borough Council clearly does not understand the fundamental imperative of openness in democracy. A stark example this year has been the way it handled the proposal to invest a…
Opinion: We Will Protect the Environment in Both the Town and the Countryside
This is the fourth in a series of opinion pieces from all the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC) in the period between…
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